Identification of novel cancer-specific antigens and application for cellular imunotherapy of hematological malignancies

新型癌症特异性抗原的鉴定及其在血液恶性肿瘤细胞免疫治疗中的应用

• 批准号: 13470206
• 负责人: YASUKAWA Masaki
• 金额: $ 8.83万
• 依托单位: Ehime University
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2001 至 2002
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-13470206/
• 关键词: Cancer antigens; Immunotherapy; Leukemia; Cytotoxic T lymphocytes; HLA; WT1; Telomerase; HLA-A24; 肺がん; 自殺遺伝子

To identify the novel cancer-associated antigens and to develop the novel immunotherapy for hematological malignancies, this study was performed. The data obtained from the series of experiments are as follows.1) A WT1-specific, HLA-A24-restricted CTL clone (designated TAK-1) exhibited cytotoxicity against lung cancer cell lines bearing HLA-A24 but did not lyse cells lacking this HLA. Adoptive transfer of TAK-1 into nude mice that had been engrafted with an HLA-A24-positive lung cancer cell line resulted in inhibition of the cancer cell growth and prolonged survival. These findings strongly suggest that WT1 is a universal tumor-associated antigen and that WT1 -targeting immunotherapy offers a potentially effective treatment option for lung cancer as well as leukemia.2) A novel WT1-derived peptide-specific CD8^+ CTL line, designated NIM-1 was established. NIM-1 lysed HLA-A24-positive leukaemia cells, but not HLA-A24 negative leukaemia cells or normal cells.3) Immature dendritic cells (D … More Cs) were loaded with leukemia cells with t(6 ; 9) or t(9 ; 22) and then cocultured with the dek-can fusion peptide-specific or the bcr-abl fusion peptide-specific CD4^+ T-lymphocyte clone. The dek-can peptide-specific and bcr-abl peptide-specific CD4^+ T-lymphocyte clones produced interferon-γ(IFN-γ) when they were cocultured with HLA-DR-matched but not with mismatched DCs which had been loaded with apoptotic as well as necrotic leukemia cells with t(6 ; 9) and t(9 ; 22), respectively. These data indicate that the acute myelogenous leukemia-associated fusion protein, dek-can, and chronic myelogenous leukemia-associated fusion protein, bcr-abl, are both processed and presented by DCs to the fusion peptide-specific CD4^+ T lymphocytes.4) In order to clarify the roles of perforin in antigen-specific cytotoxicity mediated by human CD4^+ CTLs, antigen-specific human CD4^+ T-lymphocyte clones were established from a patient with hereditary perforin deficiency and their cytotoxic activities were investigated. The data demonstrated that perforin-negative CD4^+ CTLs can exert cytotoxicity against Fas-sensitive target cells ; however, perforin plays essential roles in antigen-specific cytotoxicity mediated by human CD4^+ as well as CD8^+ CTLs. Less

本研究旨在寻找新的肿瘤相关抗原，为恶性血液病的免疫治疗提供新的思路。从一系列实验中获得的数据如下：1）WT 1特异性、HLA-A24限制性CTL克隆（命名为TAK-1）对携带HLA-A24的肺癌细胞系表现出细胞毒性，但不裂解缺乏该HLA的细胞。将TAK-1连续转移至已植入HLA-A24阳性肺癌细胞系的裸鼠体内，可抑制癌细胞生长并延长存活期。这些发现有力地表明WT 1是一种通用的肿瘤相关抗原，并且WT 1靶向免疫治疗为肺癌和白血病提供了一种潜在有效的治疗选择。2）建立了一种新的WT 1衍生肽特异性CD 8 ^+ CTL细胞系，命名为NIM-1。NIM-1裂解HLA-A24阳性白血病细胞，但不裂解HLA-A24阴性白血病细胞或正常细胞 ...更多信息 Cs）分别负载t（6 ; 9）或t（9 ; 22）白血病细胞，然后与dek-can融合肽特异性或bcr-abl融合肽特异性CD 4 ^+ T淋巴细胞克隆共培养。当dek-can肽特异性和bcr-abl肽特异性CD 4 ^+ T淋巴细胞克隆与HLA-DR匹配的DC共培养时，它们产生干扰素-γ（IFN-γ），而与不匹配的DC共培养时，则不产生干扰素-γ（IFN-γ），而不匹配的DC分别负载了t（6 ; 9）和t（9 ; 22）的凋亡和坏死白血病细胞。这些数据表明，急性髓细胞白血病相关融合蛋白dek-can和慢性髓细胞白血病相关融合蛋白bcr-abl均被DC加工并提呈给融合肽特异性CD 4 ^+ T淋巴细胞。4）为了阐明穿孔素在人CD 4 ^+ CTL介导的抗原特异性细胞毒性中的作用，从遗传性穿孔素缺乏症患者中建立了抗原特异性人CD 4 ^+ T淋巴细胞克隆，并研究了它们的细胞毒活性。这些数据表明，穿孔素阴性的CD 4 ^+ CTL可以对Fas敏感的靶细胞产生细胞毒性;然而，穿孔素在由人CD 4 ^+和CD 8 ^+ CTL介导的抗原特异性细胞毒性中起着重要作用。少

项目成果

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